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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1913
Page
1
The Constitution announces a five passenger Michigan 33 touring car as the grand prize in the M and M contest. The winner will be decided February 14 with a Friday February 24 prize ceremony at 1 o clock. Cash prizes total 94,000 plus two Little Shetland ponies. Contestants are urged to enter and improve daily to win.
Memphis bank cashier T Ward testified before Jaspen court that he diverted 38000 of Bank of Collierville funds beginning with a 500 loan to Dr W E Thompson then entangled funds into Monarch Time and Cement Co Chattanooga and related enterprises. He admitted falsifying books and said he did not profit, claiming the loss was a terrible mistake. Forty Methodist ministers were present.
In Boise Idaho February about 159000 pennies contributed by Captain R. Sheridan C Broxon and AR Cruzen paid $500 fines each issued by the Idaho supreme court in contempt cases connected to The Boise Capital News criticisms of a court ruling barring progressive electors from the ballot. Contributions came from all states and Canada with Missouri leading and Pennsylvania second. The pennies were collected, stored in a bank, and paid by checks.
Thomas Nelson Woolfolk Sr, an Norfolk attorney, files suit in Muscogee Superior Court seeking 2000 damages. He alleges arrest on August 31 1906 by a Fulton county warrant deprived him of voting and damaged his character through false imprisonment and defamation.
A fragmentary report notes Ward receiving a three year sentence in the Tennessee penitentiary for embezzlement after a confession by Cashier L. T. Ward. The piece cites a lengthy statement from Rev. Thompson and mentions checks and settlements tied to Mempis based officials.
Seventeen Atlanta business leaders met at Fulton Bank to organize a new million dollar trust company with Atlanta HQ and connections abroad. They aim to capitalize at 1,000,000 with 500,000 paid in and a 250,000 surplus. The group named a five member committee to advance private, nationwide trust enterprise and financial center efforts.
A fire that began at 1 45 am in a rice mill on the Savannah waterfront destroyed the Merchants and Miners wharves and warehouses, the Planters Rice Mill, and related facilities. Fireboats aided, several injuries reported, ships remained at risk, area about two blocks by a quarter mile, authorities fight to save power plants.
Washington correspondent John Corrigan Jr reports charges that a department of justice sought to frame Colquitt Carter as clerk of the United States district court in Atlanta to influence an appointment. The probe traces to September 1921 with Key figures Hood and Harris coordinating alleged plots, transfers, and communications while Carter’s resignation was pending October 1911.
Prophec notes rising cloud cover with unsettled conditions. Mentions thin Sunday night or Monday with changing temperatures. Reports include past 24 hours rainfall, mean temperature and normal levels, but many words are garbled.
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